PMID- 16896468
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20061205
LR  - 20171116
IS  - 1464-0325 (Print)
IS  - 1464-0325 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 8
DP  - 2006 Aug
TI  - Persistent organic pollutants in Alaskan ringed seal (Phoca hispida) and walrus 
      (Odobenus rosmarus) blubber.
PG  - 848-54
AB  - Since 1987, the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project (AMMTAP) has 
      collected tissues from 18 marine mammal species. Specimens are archived in the 
      National Institute of Standards and Technology's National Biomonitoring Specimen 
      Bank (NIST-NBSB). AMMTAP has collected blubber, liver and/or kidney specimens 
      from a number of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from the areas near Nome and 
      Barrow, Alaska and walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) from several locations in the 
      Bering Sea. Thirty-three ringed seal and 15 walrus blubber samples from the 
      NIST-NBSB were analyzed for persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The compounds 
      determined included PCBs (28 congeners or congener groups), DDT and related 
      compounds, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs), 
      chlordanes, dieldrin, and mirex. POP concentrations in ringed seal blubber were 
      significantly higher in Barrow than in Nome when statistically accounting for the 
      interaction of age and gender; HCB, however, was not statistically different 
      between the two locations. Unlike males, POP concentrations and age were not 
      significantly correlated in females probably as a result of lactational loss. POP 
      concentrations in walrus blubber were lower than in ringed seal blubber for 
      SigmaPCBs, chlordanes, and HCHs, but higher for dieldrin and mirex. POP 
      concentrations in ringed seals and walrus from Alaska provide further evidence 
      that the western Arctic tends to have lower or similar POP concentrations 
      compared to the eastern Canadian Arctic.
FAU - Kucklick, John R
AU  - Kucklick JR
AD  - National Institute of Standards and Technology, Hollings Marine Laboratory, 
      Charleston, SC 29412, USA. john.kucklick@nist.gov
FAU - Krahn, Margaret M
AU  - Krahn MM
FAU - Becker, Paul R
AU  - Becker PR
FAU - Porter, Barbara J
AU  - Porter BJ
FAU - Schantz, Michele M
AU  - Schantz MM
FAU - York, Geoffrey S
AU  - York GS
FAU - O'Hara, Todd M
AU  - O'Hara TM
FAU - Wise, Stephen A
AU  - Wise SA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20060515
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Monit
JT  - Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM
JID - 100968688
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adipose Tissue/*chemistry
MH  - Animals
MH  - Caniformia
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Female
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis
MH  - Male
MH  - Species Specificity
EDAT- 2006/08/10 09:00
MHDA- 2006/12/09 09:00
CRDT- 2006/08/10 09:00
PHST- 2006/08/10 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/12/09 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/08/10 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1039/b602379g [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Monit. 2006 Aug;8(8):848-54. doi: 10.1039/b602379g. Epub 2006 May 15.